רב ייבא סבא

Rav Yeiva Sava was an amora who appears in the Talmud bringing teachings in the name of Rav and engaging the leading scholars of his day. In Chullin (86b) and Pesachim (103b) he is shown attending the students of Rav at a meal, where he cites Rav’s ruling that once one has called the company to recite the blessing after eating, it becomes forbidden to drink wine, since the attention has been turned away. He applies the same logic to one who has prepared himself for the covering of blood (kisui hadam), holding that he is then obligated in the blessing.

He is also recorded posing a question to Rav Nachman in Bava Kamma (49b) concerning one who takes hold of the documents of a convert — whether a person’s intent in seizing such a document extends to the document itself or only to the land it concerns. In Gittin (62a) he addresses the conduct of greeting idol-worshippers, distinguishing the case of their festival day. A teaching about one who dedicates another’s animal to the Temple is brought in his name in Arachin (5b), where some versions read “Rav Yeiva bar Yosi.”